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Why Republican Lawmakers Should Ban “The Federalist Papers” from America’s Classrooms
As everyone now knows, since 2021, Republican legislators in several dozen states have banned or attempted to ban consideration of so-called “divisive concepts” regarding race and gender within public university classrooms. Foes of what Pen America rightly labels...
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“The News as a Commodity”: Raza Rumi on Establishment Press with Mickey Huff
Unlike Corporate News, Indy Media Treats People as Citizens; “Not as Consumers, Not as Objects” The U.S. faces numerous crises that our media infrastructure is struggling to address, stressing the need for critical media literacy and journalism education. Project...
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Why Republican Lawmakers Should Ban “The Federalist Papers” from America’s Classrooms
As everyone now knows, since 2021, Republican legislators in several dozen states have banned or attempted to ban consideration of so-called “divisive concepts” regarding...

On the Tragic Inevitability of Stacking Corpses
War. Genocide. Pandemics. Heat. Famine. Racism. Misogyny. Hunger. Violence. There are so many ways for mortal beings to die, especially the most vulnerable, and too often...

“Barbie”: An Anti-Racist Socialist Feminist Meditation
I started writing this the day “Barbie” was opening in the theatres. I had not seen it yet, because I am writing less about the film and more about the cultural and...

“The News as a Commodity”: Raza Rumi on Establishment Press with Mickey Huff
Unlike Corporate News, Indy Media Treats People as Citizens; “Not as Consumers, Not as Objects” The U.S. faces numerous crises that our media infrastructure is struggling to...

It All Started with Myspace: A New Framework for Regulating Digital Media Platforms
Earlier this month the Democracy & Internet Governance Initiative (DIGI) published a report that aimed to provide a new framework for regulating digital media platforms....

Supreme Court Ruling in Stalking Case Hurts Victims
Stalking is a social and public health emergency. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Counterman v. Colorado makes things easier for abusers and harder for victims....

The Rogue Court’s Reactionary Radicalism
This Is a Catastrophe. I am finishing the writing of this piece shortly after the July 4 holiday. This is significant — to wonder who this country is now, and before. I...

Held vs. Montana: The Future of the Climate Crisis Fight
As the courtroom seats began filling in the first judicial court in Helena, the capital city of Montana, local community members and officials prepared to hear the...

Bipolar Ecocinema: Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s “Matter Out Of Place” and Michael Gitlin’s “The Night Visitors”
These days, most of us are torn between eco-terror of the future and a persistent hope that what seems inevitable can somehow be redirected (earlier eras have often seen the...